THE ANNUAL ORDEAL. That Is What Presidents Can Call Their New "Soars' Receptions. Mow President Harrison Spent tho First Day or tho Yenr?A Scono Which, Though Magnificent, rrovos Very Tiresome [Special WoshlDBtotl CMrrtspoiiuenccl ! All interest nu New Year's day centers in the President's reception at tho White llouso. To a stranger in Washington nothing could be more in? teresting, nothing more wonderful than i to attend tho annual festive rcccptlou and witness tho gorgCOUsncSB ami j greatness which congregates and segregates about the Chief Exccutivo of the Republic. Tho programme, from year, to year, varies but little. Announcements are mado in the daily papers concerning the order in which the great men of our own and ot her lands will enter the White House and the time to a minute is given when each separate body will be presented to the President: and the order thus announced is always observed to the letter. Upon one occasion, however, the programme was unexpectedly interrup...

THE 1LA.SQUERADE BALL. How Mr. Dunwoll Did Not Decoivoi His Wifo. Ho Trio?! to iMny tbo Gay Lothario and1 Watt Kiuvarilod by Having III? I Curs Boxed?A Cllmpso of Metro? politan Life. I Special New York CorTOSpondonco.l R. HUBERT V.' Ihm well was liorn and raised Now Yorlc. I He is now about thirty yours of age und bus boon married Bovcral years to a charm? ing young wife. Before be mar? ried, Mv. Duo nell, who is very wealthy, led n very gay lifo. Ho was one of the most j dazzling of the gilded yonth of Gotham. I lie indulged In all the dissipations po- j ouliar to the gay metropolis. ' He was j particularly partial to masquerade balls when in seuson. After he was married, he of course gave up, like the bad i Baronet in Ruddygore, "all his wild proceeding?;," but, occasionally, particu? larly when be happened to take lunch i with bis old friend Charlie Knicker? bocker, and they conversed about the balls, parties and other festivities of ?the season, be experienced n longing to ming...

THE HOSPITAL MASS MEETING. To Appoint Trustees to Take Charge of the Fund And to ThKo Active Steps? LootUiiB to V.io Cotnmcncomout or the Work ?r liullil lng thu llospltul?An Important Moot? ing anil a Largo Attentlnuco Expected -A I'lou for Iiumedluto iieliof. The:? will bo a mats mooting of the nubsoriuers to tho fund to build a hos? pital in Itounoko held at V.\ * Opera House this aftornoon at 4 o'oloolc. Appreciating tho importancj and ^ nooL'sslty of no ma provisions being made for tho oaring of tho slok and injured sovoral of It i.iuoku's best oitisens begun to tako ootlvo Stops for scouring the ncoessary amount early last fall. Prominent among them was Mr. T. T. Flsbbumo, president of tho National Bxohaugc Hunk, lie, with tho aid of other widl-knuwn iltizens, has see coeded in raising a fund over$20,000 for tho purpose of eri cling a hospital. Several ptiblio meetings have been h dd during tu.- agitation of this mat tor and muoh enthusiasm has been dis? played at a ', I times...

A Physicians Advice. \ I suffered for years from general debility. Tried other remedies, and got no relief. My Physician prescribed S. S. S. Itncro&sud in flesh; ? My appetite improved; 1 gained strength; Was made young again; It is the bent medieino I know of. Maiiai.i y TuitJ'en, Oakland City, Ind Send for our book on Blood and Skin Diseases. Swift Simccific Co., Atlanta, Ga, tESSENS PA!H,pFR T0 LIFE (it t.:iH7child ami no h:lf BRAOFIELD REGULATOR CO. ATLANTA GA saio armi o/fi/G?/srs. NOTHING SUCCEEDS LIKE SUCCESS. Tho reason RADAM'S MICROBE KIL? LER is the most won? derful medicine, is be? cause it has nover failed in any instance. />. ^ ? no matter' what the diseaso, from Leprosy 1 o thesimplestdiseaso known to the human system. The scientific men of to-day claim and provo that every disease is Caused by Microbes, ?AND? Exterminates tho nicrobes and drives them out of tho sys.em, and when that is done you cannot have an ache or pain. No matter what the disease, whether a ...

Call on J. R, HuCKaDA'!, Tlia Ploneor Aeuni,; for Roonoke Real Estate. ? VOL. 1X.-NO. 98. s "SPECIAL NOTICES. PEGIAL BARGAIN. For ualo, two now houses in tho eastern part of Uoanoko with eight rooms, built on tho old Colonial Stylo, just completed, for $2,()UU each, on easy payments. Tho owner, intending going North In a few days, makes this special offer, being de? sirous of selling before taking his de? parture. A disoount will bo made to party taking both properties. For fur? ther particulars, te.'ms, etc., cill on W1L15UK S. POLK .t CO., Rooms 3 and 4, Exchange Building. N OTiCK. Wo can sell lota in tho heart of tho town at 25 to 40 per cent, lower than any other lots near them can bo bought for. SIMMONS. AMBLER* CO., HEAL ESTATE ACENTS, Buchanan; Va. Offioo corner Washington and Water streets. ~NOTICK WATER CONSUMERS. Water rentals for the quarter (Janu? ary, February and .March) are now due. ! Consumer.>s are hereby notified toe ill at tho ofiiou of tho company, Exchange bu...

KIND ST. NICHOLAS. Ho Had it High Old Timo ci tho National Capital. Evory Child M?do Glint from linby Tiloltcu I>ovrn to tho I'oor Street Gamin ? Chrlntinaa Dinner ut tho YVhlto House. (Spcclnl Washington Corroapondoncod The clf-like green vl tho mistletoo ami tho blu.shin,'* >.olly linvo decorated the market staiis for the past ten days, and their presence Btlll suggests the coming and continuance of an unusual season. There seems to be ti whole at mosphero full of choristers singing sweetly and ontrunclngly: "Behold! we bring glad tidings; glad tidings of great joy which shall be to all people." There is undoubtedly pleasure galore, for it is writ upon every face and is felt in cvei^y hand clasp. Tho passing of the years, until they have become cent? uries; the flight of timo upon noiseless i wings, hits divested this season of Iho | Bolemnily with which it was lunemon- j ically inaugurated. It is no longer re- j garde-. 1 us a holy day season, but u jolly | holiday time. Th...

THE REAL ESTATE CONVENTION. A Banquot to bo Givon at tho Ponco do Loon. Eitibornlti ri-opnralioiiH Itolng Made In ttvei'y Doul?Throo Hundred l'coplo "WIM .'Sit Down to tho Ituiiquot Over i??nn- Hundred Invitations tu tho Con vontlun Unve Already Uoon Sent Out. Extensive preparations nro being made hy tho lloanoko Heal Estate Ex* ebango for tho reception and entertain? ment of tlio delegates to tho State real estate oonventi n, which moots in lloan? oko on the a 1st of tho month. Tho oouimitteo, consisting of Messrs. Ludwig. Spindlo and Taliaferro, ap? pointed for tho purposo of preparing a banquet ana attending to other matters incident to tho entertainment of tho delegates, are actively at work. The ojinmittoo has arranged with tho Pono3 do Doon Hotel for a banquet for 250 or 300 people. The banquet will be held on tho night of tho S:M and it will be sorved in th? most elaborate style. Thoro will >u a number of toasts and speeches vdll bo made by tho silver tongued of tbo real e...

Call on I J. It. HOCKADA'S, ;ThePlonoer Agent,' tor ; Roanoko Keal Estate. VOL. IX.-NO. 1)9. SPECIAL NOTICES. ZJ PEcTa l7 b a hu a in. For salo, two now bouses in tbo eastern part of Koanoko with oight rooms, built on tho old Colonial stylo, just coraplotod, for $2,000 each, on easy payinents. Tbo owner, intending going North in a few days, makes this specialoffor, being de? sirous of selling beforo taking his de? parture. A discount will be made to party taking botli properties. For fur? ther particulars, to.ins. etc., call on WILKUIl S. COLE CO., Rooms 3 and 4, Exchungo Building. JJOTICE. Wo can aoll lots in tho heart of tho town at 25 to 40 per cent, lower than any other lots near them can bo bought for. SIMMONS, AMBLER & CO., REAL ESTATE AGENTS, Buchanan. Va. Office corner Washington and Water streets. IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A SUPPLY of water in the reservoir for uso in caso of tiro tho water will bo cutoff from the oity between 2 a. 111. and ? a. m. on Sunday morning and betwee...

A GREAT PHYSICIAN. /II um unity's Debt to Dr. Kooh, the Boriln. Scientist. liven IT His Tuborealnsls I.vmpti Should Vrovn n Knlluro lie Would Still I.Ivo iit? One of the tiroatest ISonc fuotors of Muuktiid. Some years ago, writes Poultnoy Big nalow in ilarpor's Weekly,*wliile making an inspection of the farms in the neigh? borhood of llcrlin, to which all tho sow ; ago of that city is conveyed, I was much j(Struck l>y tit'1 remark of one of our party, a man of about forty years, vigorous physique, sharp, clear eyes, and using Tory few but very strong words. **In my opinion,*1 said he, "our city is, humanly speaking, beyond tho reaoh of epidemic." This oracular expression roado littlo I ; impression on mo at the time, for though I had been introduced to the speaker, jliis name, not an unusual one, bad eon i vejed littlo beyond one syllable, and I fancied that he was seeking to impress ' two Frenchmen present who had been ,commissioned by tho city of Paris to re j port on tho Herl ...

LAPLAND'S JAY GOULD. SUo Namo Is Aa Joons and Ho's a Real Good Follow. Jbearter* of (ho Pour Hundred Wlioro Koln door Count for Cold?A Northern In Her Luxurious Cm ir.cnLs and Trappings. mm n Sir ? ten," and hero thcru id still found a fair sprinkling of Laplanders, tho nomad tribe of Norway, v.- ho live in touts ipo. Tho rich est Munong thi; 1 "ibo i:; An Jocns, who owns (over a,000 roin leer, tho value of which iis estimated itit 100,000 crowns ($125,000). (Some yours tigo bo came with his wife jfrom the Kjoulon mountains, where ho ?nsuully Boj nirus, to tho littlo city of Ostersund, in ordor to purchuso a bridal 'outfit for hi??? only daughter, Maja, who rwas to bo m ;rriod to one of the tribe. Upon that intension they were plioto tgraphod, and ono of the sketches repre? sents the youug bride in her luxurious Ibridnl garm ots. Like nil Laplanders, every member of tho family is small in ?tature, and not at all good looking. I The funniest thing about "Million? aire" Jocn is his ba...